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U.S. Attorney's Office Highlights January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. To commemorate the month, U.S. Attorney for South Dakota Alison J. Ramsdell renewed the U.S. Attorney's Office's commitment to bringing traffick...
Jody Heemstra Jan 30, 2024
N. Dakota guard fired over suicide of man serving life
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota prison guard was fired over the suicide of a man who was serving life sentences for killing four people. Sgt. Deandre Adams violated correction...
Jody Heemstra Sep 23, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's 2nd Inaugural Address
Governor Kristi Noem's 2nd Inaugural Address, as prepared for delivery January 7, 2023. Four years ago, I stood in front of you with my left hand on my dad's Bible and my right hand raised, swearing a...
Jody Heemstra Jan 07, 2023
Some Jan. 6th rioters gain sympathy for cause in red states
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Some participants in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are taking their case that the 2020 presidential election was stolen to sympathetic audiences, including elected officials...
Jody Heemstra Jan 26, 2023
Biden signs executive order on advancing study of women's health while chiding 'backward' GOP ideas
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed at advancing the study of women's health by strengthening data collection and providing better funding opportunities for biome...
Jody Heemstra Mar 18, 2024 New Voices
During White House Tribal Nations Summit, USDA affirms commitment to Indian Country
DECEMBER 1, 2022: One year after the reinstatement of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is sharing its actions to better serve tribal governments, citizens, and...
Jody Heemstra Dec 01, 2022
Court agrees to block collection of Trump's massive civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M
MARCH 25, 2024, UPDATE: NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court has agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump's more than $454 million civil fraud judgment - if he puts up $175 m...
Jody Heemstra Mar 25, 2024 Matt Johnson / CC
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe bans three Dupree educators from reservation over child abuse allegations
Tribe bans Dupree educators from reservation over child abuse allegations --Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch DUPREE, S.D. - A child abuse allegation against a teacher at Dupree Elementary School...
Jody Heemstra Sep 05, 2023
Legendary Vikings Coach Grant Dies At 95
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all of...
Mar 11, 2023
Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker who vowed to "never quit," and then did just that. Lawmakers went ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 22, 2023 MrT HK / CC